Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chilean people will never forget the crimes, nor pardon the sins of their assassins. Harvard too should not reward the deeds of an accomplice. Amy Troubh University of California, Berkeley, California
...pursuit of their quarry, British code breakers have trespassed in rose gardens, climbed the cliffs of Cornwall and tried to ransack public buildings in search of the treasure. All have failed. So far, the only one to receive a reward is Kit Williams. His royalties may reach $500,000 by year's end, and his paintings are ever more eagerly sought: at the most recent show all 21 of Williams' paintings were sold for over $8,000 each; the 16 illustrations for Masquerade went at about $9,000 each. Now at work on a new children...
...thousands of dollars, degrade themselves in public, shake the hands of people they don't know or care to know, plaster friendly if sickly grins on their faces and fit themselves into a mold designed to "maximize" appeal. Little is sacred, because though the sacrifices are great, the reward--a pot of political gold--casts a spell not easily resisted...
...intrepid newshound of CBS's 60 Minutes, had three offers he couldn't refuse. ABC, NBC and his own CBS each sought to make him its evening-news anchorman. Each asked him to help shape its newscast. And each, before the bidding was over, had offered a staggering reward if he would just sign up: $8 million spread over five years...
...claimed that he might one day have to flee his home country and seek asylum in the U.S. That asylum could be provided if a member of Congress would introduce a private bill, granting him special status to bypass normal immigration procedures. The sheik would, of course, generously reward any legislator willing to sponsor such legislation. (In past years as many as 7,300 private immigration bills had been introduced in the House, and such mere introduction could indefinitely postpone any deportation proceedings against an alien already in the U.S. After this rule was eliminated in 1971, the number...